Fort Smith

BELLE BAZAAR Friday Night Live

Annual Fundraiser for the Fort Smith Art Center will have two nationally known comedians, Andrew Preston and Phil Dunham. Live Auction of trip packages, jewelry and original works of art….

Regional Earth festival planned; electric car featured

The 2nd annual Earth Fest event has been scheduled for 2 p.m., April 18 at the Janet Huckabee Nature Center at Chaffee Crossing. ECCOpartners, the community outreach division of the…

Van Buren tourism tax sees January decline

January hospitality tax collections in Van Buren totaled $30,291, down 4.7% compared to January 2008. Hospitality tax collections for the city in 2008 totaled $410,914, up 7.4% over 2007 and…

The ups and downs of Arkansas’ natural gas production

Despite declining prices for natural gas, Fort Smith businessman Bennie Westphal says the Fayetteville Shale Play and the associated natural gas exploration and production industry in Arkansas is “still a…

CFOs predict another 14 months of recession

The corporate financial managers have little confidence the federal stimulus will help the economy.

Running and loosing with Kathryn Wishard

Are you a woman and have always wanted to start a walking or running program? Or maybe you’re already a runner and you would like to increase your speed or…

Newspaper woes seen locally

Former Times Record editor Jack Moseley opines on the condition of the fourth estate.

Regional home sales continue decline

The declines seen in new and existing home sales in late 2008 have clearly continued into 2009, with the number of homes sold in January in Crawford, Franklin and Sebastian…

February retail sales dip nationwide — except at Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. continues to be one of the few retailers to see gains in sales, according to February sales figures reported Thursday (Mar. 5). Retail analysts were predicting February…

Dumplings, pasta and buttered bread. Bring your own Lipitor.

It’s Peter’s Marco Polo adventure — from Italy to China, with an Irish Pub and taste of Americana thrown in for good measure.

New high-speed connection to soon connect universities

The University of Arkansas and all of the state’s four-year public universities will soon be connected to a high-speed fiber-optic-based Internet communications network. Officials with the Arkansas Research and Education…

John Brown University’s Information Session for Graduate & Professional Studies Programs

John Brown University offers graduate and bachelor degree completion programs in Fort Smith for working adults. Join us for an information session at the JBU Fort Smith Center to learn…

Technology company execs see decline in outsourcing jobs

Now comes another survey that suggests a decline in outsourcing jobs overseas and an uptick in U.S. executives considering keeping operations in the country. Archstone Consulting reported in early February…

Edmunds notes costs of car ownership

Consumers hunting for new cars are advised of five-year ownership costs.

Fort Smith-based Boyd Metals expands in Little Rock

Fort Smith-based Boyd Metals announced Tuesday (Mar. 2) it will build a $6 million manufacturing and distribution plant at a 10-acre site near the Port of Little Rock. The dirt…

Fort Smith board approves cable franchise, rejects Williams Lane project

The lengthy process to reach a franchise agreement between the city of Fort Smith and Cox Communications ended Tuesday night (Mar. 3) with the Fort Smith Board of Directors voting…

Riverside Furniture sheds more jobs

Slow market conditions have once again forced Fort Smith-based Riverside Furniture to shed jobs. The furniture manufacturing and distribution company will shed 58 jobs — 43 in Fort Smith and…

Arkansas general revenues holding strong

Year-to-date gross collections total $3.574 billion, an increase of $95.4 million, or 2.7% above last year, according to Tuesday (Mar. 3) report from the Arkansas Department of Finance & Administration….

Free advertising possible for small businesses

Low-cost opportunities to advertise limited only by the creativity of the entrepreneur.

Greenwood, Fort Smith building activity off to good start

Don’t tell the building sector in Sebastian County there is a national recession happening. Greenwood had 11 building permits for a value of $2.971 million in February, a value up…